I declared bankruptcy/n 1994.

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I declared bankruptcy in 1994.
I was declared a bankrupt in 1994.

What is the difference between the sentences?

Thanks.

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@tanguatlay,

The first is correct. The second is not standard, at least in US English.

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@maxdancona,

maxdancona wrote:

The first is correct. The second is not standard, at least in US English.

The second one sounds like it could be a line in a Charles Dicken's novel when debtor's prisons were an actual thing.